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Attitudes toward Information Technology of Teachers of the Gifted: Implications for Gifted Education
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Shaunessy, Elizabeth – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2007
This statewide study of teachers of intellectually gifted students examined teachers' attitudes toward information technology. Participants were 418 teachers of the intellectually gifted in a southeastern state who voluntarily responded to a survey about technology attitudes. Results indicated positive attitudes toward technology, with training in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computer Uses in Education, Information Technology, Computer Attitudes
Teacher Educators' Beliefs and Technology Uses in Relation to Preservice Teachers' Beliefs and Technology Attitudes
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Bai, Hua; Ertmer, Peg – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
This study explored teacher educators' pedagogical beliefs and technology uses in relation to preservice teachers' pedagogical beliefs and attitudes toward technology. Correlation and regression analysis were conducted to answer the research questions. The results revealed some relationships between the teacher educators' beliefs and their uses of…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Computer Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education
Collaborative Learning Experiences in Online Instructional Design Courses
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Ku, Heng-Yu; Lohr, Linda; Cheng, Yi-Chia – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Few universities are currently offering an online course with collaborative learning component in Instructional Design. This study shared information on an on-going evaluation of online Instructional Design courses from 94 graduate students who have taken this course, hoping to find out the most effective way to deliver similar courses. This…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Instructional Design, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction
Technology Grants and Rural Schools: The Power to Transform
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Cullen, Theresa; Frey, Tim; Hinshaw, Rebecca; Warren, Scott – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The requirements of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) has presented challenges for schools and districts across the United States such as a new need to focus on test scores and student achievement. While all states, districts, and schools face challenges that require them to adjust the structure and delivery of instruction in their schools,…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Grants, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Teaching Abnormal Psychology in a Multimedia Classroom.
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Brewster, JoAnne – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Examines the techniques used in teaching an abnormal psychology class in a multimedia environment with two computers and a variety of audiovisual equipment. Students respond anonymously to various questions via keypads mounted on their desks, then immediately view and discuss summaries of their responses. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs
Subject Cultures and the Introduction of Classroom Computers.
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Goodson, Ivor F.; Mangan, Marshall J. – British Educational Research Journal, 1995
Explores the changes wrought in subject discipline classroom cultures by the introduction of computers. Discovered different adaptations and approaches among the subject discipline cultures. Art, technology, and family studies adjusted easier than social studies. Social studies teachers often felt computer instruction stole time away from content…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education